Patience wins the race.

Obstinacy and vehemency in opinion are the surest proofs of stupidity.

That thorny path, those stormy skies, have drawn our spirits nearer; and rendered us, by sorrow's ties, each to the other dearer.

I have been…To every depth of my heartTo every height of my mindTo every extent of my worldI see only one nameIt’s yours…

. . . there was a softness to Cash’s gaze that made her want to lean into it. It felt like being stroked with a paintbrush, all the way down her body, leaving everything tingling in its wake.

We are fools in the stream of time, in moments of calm, we will laugh about ourselves.

The fact that slavery is written into the Constitution is about as entrenched a form of classism as you could possibly imagine.

I think that fiction has this special responsibility or this special ability to help people to empathize, to demand of people that they understand other individuals and other people's experiences.

You're in my personal space, so get out of it.

I'm one of those people who always tries to overachieve. I want to do more. I want to do bigger things.

The next time I cry about golf it will only be with joy. It's not worth crying over golf for any other reason. After all, it's only a game.

Life is difficult enough without Meryl Streep movies.

Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.